“You have done very well tonight, Moree-san. I would like to play more
sometime.”

“I would like that also,” I reply, feeling quite pleased with myself.

It is now well into the night. I thank Nakeno-san and his wife for their
generous hospitality. I bow and say sayonarato them and their daughter, then
head for the bus stop. Riding home alone in the blackness, I realize what a good
and generous host Nakeno-san really is:“He let me win!”

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Japanby Morley Evans

November 21, 2000